FNUS75 KGGW 171448
FWSGGW

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
848 AM MDT SUN MAY 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 MDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN
THE AFTERNOON WITH OVERALL DRY CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER
THIS MORNING OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST AND WILL COMBINE WITH HUMIDITY
READINGS IN THE TEENS DURING THE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY MAKING FOR
BRIEF PERIODS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. TONIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERY WILL BE ONLY MODERATE AS TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS STAY
UP.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT HIGH CLOUDS).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 8-12 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING
                    WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
                    GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EARLY EVENING WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH...DECREASING TO A
                    WEST WIND AT 5 TO 10 MPH AROUND SUNSET.
LAL.................1.
CWR.................ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090517.COTTO.01/GGW